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E-communities, the ICT advice service

Do you need help with your IT, but are not sure where to go?

CVS Rochdale has an ICT Advice Service, E-communities, which is available to all Voluntary and Community Groups within the 22 NRF priority areas in the Borough of Rochdale.

The service aims to develop understanding of Information Technology, no matter where the starting point is and to guide each organisation in such a way that it is able to use ICT effectively. We will help you to identify:

  1. Realistic goals for your organisation
  2. Technical options available
  3. Technical support available

E-communities offers help and advice on various aspects of ICT. So, whether you’re experiencing difficulties with your network, printers or CD-rewriters, or just need some help to use your computer more efficiently, we’re here to help. We also provide support to develop IT strategies and policies. We can advise you on registering a domain name, setting up a website, and purchasing new computers. Whatever your enquiry gives us a call at CVS Rochdale and we’ll do our best to help.

The E-communities project is here for the Voluntary Sector and wants to help as many people as we can with any problems they have with their ICT.

The project aims

  1. To increase ICT knowledge and skills of Community and Voluntary Sector
  2. To increase basic skills, confidence and awareness of IT
  3. Provision of new learning cultures to share local opportunities to build the capacity of deprived communities
  4. Use of ICT to promote Social Inclusion, and increase in Community Cohesion and Inclusion
  5. To assist Community and Voluntary Organisations to improve their infrastructure and so provide better services to their local users
  6. Provision of new learning cultures to share local opportunities to build the capacity of deprived communities, creating ambassadors and local champions for ICT, embedding Community Involvement, Partnership Working and sustainability in mainstream activities
  7. Use of ICT as a tool to promote Social Inclusion, enabling the development of Sustainable and Cohesive Communities

E-communities services - IT Training Programme

Includes sessions such as:

  1. Beginners Guide to the Internet
  2. Introduction to E-mail
  3. Creating a Blog in an hour
  4. IT Trouble shooting
  5. Managing computer suite and many more: please see the training diary.

We also do bespoke training: for more information and to discuss IT training contact E-communities officer

Funding advice

E-communities provide ICT funding advice to the sector

ICT policy

We support the community and voluntary sector to write ICT policies, to help place a protective      measure in place for organisations that use IT

ICT Health Check

The result of the ICT Health-Check is an IT strategy for the group or organisation. This assesses where the group is now, where it wants to be, and how it can get there

ICT Strategic Advice

This will involve providing advice to groups or individuals on various aspects of ICT ranging from security, external threats, features of computers, and information on different broadband providers available on the market

Purchase IT equipment

We will explain different features of computer/laptops so groups will purchase equipment which meets their needs. We will also be able to help the organisation or group to purchase equipment at a reasonable price, and encourage the group to budget and to consider investing in a maintenance plan

Email accounts

Communication is developing and increasingly essential for the 21st century and the majority of businesses and organisations are very heavily reliant on ICT. We will help groups to set up personalized email accounts and training.

Bespoke websites

E-communities will work with organisations to develop their own website and  provide full training and continued support for future maintenance.

If you have any IT questions or would like to discuss IT projects contact the ICT development officer at CVS Rochdale.

Contact

Iram Taj
ICT Development Officer
e-mail on i.taj@cvsr.org.uk
Tel: 01706 631291
Fax: 01706 710769
CVS Rochdale,
156-158 Drake Street,
Rochdale,
OL16 1PX

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CVS Rochdale,
156-158 Drake Street,
Rochdale,
OL16 1PX

Tel: 01706 631291
Fax: 01706 710769